We generally have Divine Liturgy at 9.00am on the first and third Sundays of each month, with All-night vigil at 6.00pm the preceding Saturday evening. For other services, please see our current Schedule of Services, below. On the second and fourth Sundays of each month our rector serves at Saint Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church, Wallsend and on the fifth Sunday, when such occurs, he visits and serves on the Mid-North Coast of New South Wales.
Note: During Autumn 2024 we will have services on the second and fourth Sundays of each month and on other days as scheduled. During Winter 2024 we will return to our usual pattern of services on the first and third Sundays of each month.
Saturday 9th March
Commemoration of the Departed
5.00 pm: General panikhida
6.00 pm: Matins
Sunday 10th March
Meatfare: Sunday of the Last Judgement
9.00 am: Divine Liturgy
Sunday 17th March
Cheesefare Sunday: Sunday of Forgiveness
5.00 pm: Vespers and the rite of asking forgiveness
Beginning of Great Lent
Monday 18th March
Clean Monday
7.00 pm: Great Compline with Canon of Saint Andrew of Crete
Tuesday 19th March
Clean Tuesday
7.00 pm: Great Compline with Canon of Saint Andrew of Crete
Wednesday 20th March
Clean Wednesday
7.00 pm: Great Compline with Canon of Saint Andrew of Crete
Thursday 21st March
Clean Thursday
7.00 pm: Great Compline with Canon of Saint Andrew of Crete
Saturday 23rd March
6.00 pm: All-night vigil
Sunday 24th March
1st Sunday in Great Lent: Sunday of Orthodoxy
9.00 am: Divine Liturgy followed by the “Service of supplication for those in error”
Saturday 13th April
Commemoration of the Departed
5.00 pm: General panikhida
6.00 pm: Matins
Sunday 14th April
4th Sunday in Great Lent: Saint John of the Ladder
9.00 am: Divine Liturgy
Sunday 21st April
6.00 pm: Service of Anointing with Oil
Friday 26th April
7.00 pm: Matins
Saturday 27th April
Lazarus Saturday
9.00 am: Divine Liturgy
6.00 pm: All-night vigil
Sunday 28th April
ENTRY OF THE LORD INTO JERUSALEM
9.00 am: Divine Liturgy
6.00 pm: Matins
Monday 29th April
Great Monday
7.00 pm: Matins
Tuesday 30th April
Great Tuesday
7.00 pm: Matins
Wednesday 1st May
Great Wednesday
7.00 pm: Matins
Thursday 2nd May
Great Thursday
8.00 am: Divine Liturgy
Friday 3rd May
Great Friday
12.00 pm: Vespers with the bringing out of the Shroud of Christ
6.30 pm: Matins with Lamentations before the Tomb of Christ
Saturday 4th May
Great Saturday
8.00 am: Hours, Typika, Vespers and Divine Liturgy
NOTE: The midnight Paschal service will be in Wallsend (Newcastle) this year and there will be no early Paschal service in Gosford. The only opportunity for the blessing of kulichi in our parish this year will be on the morning of Sunday 5 May after Paschal Vespers.
Sunday 5th May
11.00 am: Paschal Vespers with the blessing of Easter eggs and cakes
Saturday 11th May
6.00 pm: All-night vigil
Sunday 12th May
9.00 am: Divine Liturgy with the cutting of the artos
Saturday 25th May
6.00 pm: All-night vigil
Sunday 26th May
9.00 am: Divine Liturgy
Spring 2021 - as a result of COVID-19 restrictions no service schedule was published
Winter 2021 - as a result of COVID-19 restrictions all services held in our church during July and August 2021 were closed to the public
Autumn 2020 - as a result of COVID-19 restrictions the services held in our church during Autumn 2020 did not follow the published schedule
January-March 2004
Father James Carles was ordained and assigned to our parish on 23 September 2001. He first served with us in November 2001. We have no service schedules prior to this date.